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ants climbing a tree

ants climbing a tree noun: a Sichuan dish of ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over cellophane noodles.

Noun

ants climbing a tree (uncountable)

  1. A Sichuan dish of ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over cellophane noodles.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ants, climbing, a, tree.

Origin of ants climbing a tree

Calque of Chinese 螞蟻上樹 /蚂蚁上树 (mǎyǐshàngshù); the bits of ground meat clinging to the noodles evoke an image of ants walking on twigs.

Questions about ants climbing a tree

What does ants climbing a tree mean?
Ants climbing a tree means a Sichuan dish of ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over cellophane noodles.
What part of speech is ants climbing a tree?
Ants climbing a tree is a noun.

Words near ants climbing a tree in the dictionary

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  2. antrustions
  3. antrustionship
  4. antrustionships
  5. ants
  6. ants climbing a tree
  7. ants in one's pants
  8. ants on a log
  9. antsangy
  10. antses
  11. antshrike

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